For millions of Americans, the most impactful thing to have happened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has had nothing to do with their physical health. As offices shut down, work-from-home became the norm, and service industry workers left in droves to pursue other opportunities, we are in the midst of a tectonic shift in our relationship with work.
As a result, workers across the country currently have more power than they’ve had in a very long time. If any ...
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2020 broke records across the board when it came to workplace-related lawsuits, particularly class-action lawsuits filed by groups of employees banding together to take on their employers’ approach to workplace safety, pay, and leave policies. The lawsuits were driven in large part by COVID-19 and its profound impact on how we view work in this country.
Over 1,000 workplace-related lawsuits were filed in one of the most ...
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A federal lawsuit filed against Amazon alleges that a company “learning ambassador” was fired in retaliation for his attempts to enforce company Covid-19 safety protocols when he reported a shift manager for a variety of violations.
After observing shift manager Kristopher Lauderdale ignoring social distancing protocols and standing within just a few feet of another manager while speaking, learning ambassador David Bailey asked Lauderdale ...
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